Poetry Instructor Celebrates Release of Third Book

Story By: Blake Evans, Reporter
January 31, 2019
Filed under Community, Entertainment, Faculty, Features/Profiles, Literature, News
Fresno City College poetry instructor and former Poet Laureate of Fresno is celebrating the release of “Scar and Flower” on Jan. 31 in Room 251 of the Old Administration Building, from 9:30 a.m. to 10:45. Lee Herrick describes the book as a compilation of poems he’s written individually in resp...
FCC Library Undergoing Changes
Story By: Noah Villaverde, Reporter
August 29, 2017
Filed under Literature, News, Student Issues
Fresno City College intends to implement new and effective counselor and advisor engagement strategies targeted for full-time and adjunct to enhance quality instruction and student access. Tabitha Villalba, Coordinator of the Writing and Reading Center spoke about the matter. “We know from the dat...
Poetry Reading at BitWise Slams Hate

Story By: Marco Rosas, Entertainment Editor
August 29, 2017
Filed under Arts & Literature, Community, Entertainment, Fresno, Literature, News, Race/Gender Issues
Fresno Poet Laureate, Bryan Medina, refuted recent racial incidents in Charlottesville during “Words Against Hate,” a reading he organized at BitWise Industries on Monday, August Aug. 21. “Being a biracial man of color, and seeing the events that transpired in Virginia on TV,” Medina sai...
Students Express Themselves in Intramural Speeches

Story By: Eric Jaramishian, Reporter
May 3, 2017
Filed under Arts & Literature, Entertainment, Literature
Fresno City College students competed in an intramural speech competition April 19. Students of all majors were welcome to present different types of speeches that included topics of their choosing. Dozens of students giving the speeches had the option to give a persuasive speech or an informative s...
It’s Lit…Hop with Gary Soto in the Auditorium

Story By: Marco Rosas, Reporter
May 3, 2017
Filed under Arts & Literature, Entertainment, Literature
LitHop is an event celebrating the creative writers in the city of Fresno where local authors are invited to read to audiences. This year the headliner, author Gary Soto, read aloud for audience members in Fresno City College’s auditorium in the Old Administration Building on April 29. Soto was born i...